Archive of Vibrant Matter

Basic Data

Description: The eggshell is the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg. Chicken eggshells are made of 95% of calcium carbonate crystals which are stabilized by a protein matrix. The shape and structure of the eggshell serves to protect the egg against damage.
Submitted by: Catarina Gentil
Typology: Matter
Origin, Location and Movement?: Omnipresent (present everywhere; ubiquitous)
Address: Quinta dos Remendinho, Mafra, Portugal
Item Relation: Individual Thing
State of abundance: Common
How was the item encountered or obtained?: Other

Socio-cultural Data

Historical Uses

Eggshells have been historically used as soil fertilizers. It can also be used to make pigment for painting and for glazing ceramics.

Historical Uses · Image / Video / Audio (.jpg, .png, .mp4, .mp3 up to 30MB)

Technical Data

Class of Material

Composite

Bio-temporal-geographical Data

Residence time (How long does the matter/material/artefact stay in an unaltered state in the location/context/system before it decay?)

Weeks

How does the item affect the environment in which it exists?

Nourish it

Ontological-cosmological Data

Fascination

How would you like to be with this artefact/material/living thing/matter?

I would like to be present during the whole process, from taking care of the chickens to crushing down the eggshells.

How does transforming this artefact/material/living thing/matter transform you?

It's important to me to understand my surroundings, in a way of understanding and exploring it's possibilities and it's applications on my artistic practice. To create a different communication with nature.

What can humans give back to this artefact/material/living thing/matter?

Humans can give back by increasing their understanding on it's applications and respecting it's origin. Humans can treat chickens better.

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Eggshell

Matter, Individual Thing, Common, Other, Composite, Weeks